The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

TO CORRESPONDENTS. A F.CRRXR ov THE CLAIMS AND THE PJnlr or POPKRY — As this letter has already appeared in print, we cannot reproduce it in our columns.

NEWS OF THE WEEK. The Queen and royal family left Balmoral on Monday 20 minutes before one o'clock, posting to Aboyne, where they took the rail. They reached Windsor at 9 a. in. on Tuesday, having travelled all n:ht. Her Majesty is said to have derived considerable benefit from her sojourn on Dee-side, where she has not been unmindful of tlis comforts (,f the poor. On her birthday Her Majesty sent Mr. Loland with a supply of tea, sugar, and flan- nal round the district, with instructions to ask IIDW each of the old recipients was as regarded health and comfort. The following Tuesday the Princess Alice visited a number of the poor, mak- j;g kind enquiry jut.) their circumstances. Prince Louis, the betrothed of Her Royal Highness, has just lost his aunt this occasions the marriage to bo delayed for a short time. The question of fortification s r. iron ships was, after the atfair in tlit) A inericaii waters, in which the Merrimac established her superiority over the wooden vessels, referred to the Commission on National Defences for reconsideration. It was gone into especially with regard to the expediency of constructing the forts at Spithead and the Commissioners, having the destruction of iron target., at Shoeburyness by the American guns before them, adhere to their first opinion; and report, as the power of artillery is so constantly being increased, "that fortification is a necessary element in any arrangement for our permanent security and that the construction of forts at Spithead is essential for the protection of that anchorage." In 1800, Government was authorized i., raise a loan of 22,000,000 for fortifications. That sum was raised, and will be expended by the end of August. The works already contem- plated at 8pithel\d, Plymouth, Dover, and else- where, will cost, it is estimated, £ 5,680,000, ex- clusive of artillery armament, but including ;.b.>ut £ 1,200,000 for completing works COlli- menced before 1860. The works at Spithead, to be ereeh,dat Horse Land Fort, No Man's Land, and Sturbridge Shoal, are estimated at 9840,000. We nieutioned, oil the 24th ult., the damage done in the fen districts of Norfolk, by the burst- ing of the banks of the Cut, made to drain the marsh-land. Great fears were entertained that a vast tract would have been iiiundated but we are glad to say that the work of destruction has In arrested, though not until a large amount of p.i»pi:rty has been destroyed and several families, once in comfortable circumstances, are now re- duced to poverty. On Friday last the water sud- denly burst into the Bradley colliery, at Bilston, ;tti 7 men and boys, we regret to say, were drowned 40 at work in another part of the pit escaped.—Mrs. Yyse, who is supposed to have poisoned her children, on Ludgate Hill, and then to havo attempted suicide, is pronounced out of danger. It is said slie administered the poison to the children in mistake, and made the attempt on her own iife in a fit of frenzy at the discovery. There has been another murder in Ireland con- nected with land disputes. It occurred at Kerry Keel, near Milford, Donegal. The victim, Hugh maury, farmer and cattle dealer, of Rosnakil, was oil the 23rd ult., when returning from Mil- ford fair, way-laid, and beaten so severely that ho died on the 25th. A man named Friel is in cus- tody, with whom Blaney had had disputes res- pecting cattle. A man was also arrested last week at Donegal, supposed to be one of the murderers of Mr. Fitzgerald at Kilmallock, in Limerick. Several other proprietors and agents have received threatening letters, which profess to come from tiio "Black Boys. The pecial commission will bo opened in Limerick on tho 16th. before Mr. Justice Fitzgerald and Mr. Baron Deasy. When the business is transacted there, they will proceed to Tipperary. The little state of Hesse Cassel continues to at- tract the attention of the public. Wt> announced last week that the ministry had resigned. The Elector has accepted their resignations but, on the 31st, their successors had not bee.i appointed. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies is engaged with the address and the budget, the finance minister having introduced and explained the lat- ter. The address adopted by the commission pro- fesses the utmost loyalty to the King, but severely condemns the dissolution of the Chambers, and all the proceedings anterior to the elections.—The Austrian Reichsrath is quietly, but perseveringly, pursuing its labours. Recently, before the finance committee, the minister for foreign affairs again declared that Austria abandoned the principle of interference. It had reduced the army in Venetia, but was obliged to keep establishments there necessary to enable the army to take the fiel,l in consequence of the hostile attitude of a neighbouring, but now powerful state. The idea of supporting the policy oi restoration in that country was explicitly disclaimed.—The military delegates from Austria, Prussia, and the other states of the German Confederation, have been meeting recently and adopted last v.-eek, with some modifications, the pflfiis proposed by Prussia and o: her power* in 1801, for defending the coasts of the Baltic and North seas by erecting fovts at the mouths of the pimoipal rivers. There is no news of any importance from France, except the st -.tomont, if true, that the Emperor, in compliance with the representations of 31. Fould, had agreed to put 30,000 more men i-.ito the reserve. The Pacha of Egypt left Paris oJl the ."i d, for London. lie appears to have been greatly pleased with his reception in France. Tho i?ivneli paper? and people ("i cuss the events which arc annouuc.d r. transpiring in Mexico. The r.o!.ey pu^veJ. by '.ho Government is not at present popular, v u: vjr it nny be if the prti- t: ve 01 g.ory d1u'.11\1 settle on the Frcaoh anus. One step has been tuken tovrards the evacua- tion of 11 me. Tho Mviutettr of the 1st iut says — •'j!y an iii:perial deci:ion of the 28th of 3iay, the Co: ps of Occupation at Rome is redveed to a single division, consisting of three divisional bri- gades placed under the command of Gen. Mon- tebello." The General is said to be a tierce ultra- montanist, and advocate for tho maintenance of the temporal power of the Pope. M. de Lav alette is also, it is affirmed in Paris, gone back to Rome. The Pope has received a communication from three Neapolitan Archbishops, to which he has replied. He accuses the Italian Government, of violating every 1aw-lrum:1n and diviiie and re- presents religion as being persecuted in Italy by men who constitute "a sect of perdition, animated by mortal hatred to catholicisin. "-Letters in the Paris papers give accounts of tho Pontiffs de- meanour when delivering his allocution before the cardinals and bishops at the convocation for canonizing the Japan martyrs. Pius is represent- ed as being affected to tears, and as telling the prelates it would be the last time he should ad- dress them. At the commencement of this week there were two hundred foreign bishops in Rome, all of whom were signing an address in favour of the temporal power of the Pope. Advices from Turin, of the 31st ult., state that decrees had been issued disbanding the first two battalions of the Volunteers of the National Guards. Another decree orders the incorporation of the Chasseurs of the Tiber with the regular army and a third suspends the rifle movement in Lombardy. On that day Prince Napoleon ar- rived in the bay of Naples from Sicily lie landed on the 1st, and was well received. The papers and letters this week state that fifty of the persons arrested at Brescia had been liberated. Garibaldi arrived at Turin on Sunday he had an explana- tion with General San Frout, Aide de Camp to the King, the next day and it was asserted after they separated that all the differences between the red- shirted chief and the Government were arranged. —On the first inst., the establishment of the con- stitution was celebrated at Turin. On the 2nd the Chambers met. On that day a letter was read from Garibaldi, denying that he bad any in- tention of crossing the frontiers, isignor Urispi, on the following day, also declared that the volun- teers had no intention to cross the frontier of the Tyrol. He stated that the Government knew their object, and had promised its assistance in arms and money. Signor Ratazzi denied the knowledge of the Government of any expedition, and said that the Government had opposed every attempt which would compromise its loyalty with regard to international relations. The disturbances in the Portugese province of Minho were not put down at the last dates from Lisbon, May 27. Braga and Guimarvens were the head quarters of the disaffected. There had been conflicts at those places, and at Amerer, and several lives had been lost. Religious questions were thought to have much to do with these dis- turbances, in which the Mignelites, (and it is said also the friends of the Baron Moreira, late Portu- gese consul at Rig), were at work. -011 the 27th, the law against the Sisters of Charity had passed the Deputies. Those sisters Aot attached to hos- pitals were to leave Portugal. The King is said to have written to the Emperor Napoleon about him. The Turks appear to have been successful when they first entered Montenegro. They crossed the frontiers on the 23rd ult., and that day and the next defeated a body of 6000 Montenegrins, who retreated through seven villages, which, the houses being of stone, served them as temporary places of defence. But they were driven out of all of them by the invaders, and the villages were destroyed, some accounts say by the Montene- grins, others by the Turks. The former retreated to the mountains, where the Ottomans followed them on the 26th, having made the 25th a day of rest and celebration of their victory. The Prince of Montenegro had protested, to the foreign consuls at Mostar and Scutari, against the in- vasion of his territory. On the 30tli it was stated, at Ragusa, that Abdi Pasha had occupied Bielo- paulovich but, in another direction, at Mar- tinitz, Mirko, the chief of the Montenegrins, and father-in-law to the Prince, had defeated the Turks and forced them to fall back on Spuz, with the loss of 500 men. Advices from Scutari to the beginning of this week, notice further successes of the Turks. On the 29th Osman Pasha drove the Montenegrius from the largovillage of Tschermitza., and they had also been defeated witn loss at Berane. Four days' later news from New York do not bring us intelligence of any important change in the position of the armies. Gen. M'Clellau was within a short distance of Richmond and it was believed the Confederates would await him there and give battle. Tho President Davis, in reply to some protests against the abandonment of V irginia, is reported to have said, that, if they are defeated, and Richmond taken, the war can be still carried on in Virginia for 20 years. Mar- tial law had been proclaimed at Norfolk, the corporation and inhabitants refusing to take the oaths of allegiance to the Federal Government. There is no Dews from Corinth except a rumour that Beauregard had gone to Richmond, leaving the command to Gen. Bragge. At New Orleans Gen. Butler was carrying things with a very high hand. He had taken forcible possession of the French, Spanish, and Dutch Consulates; searched the person of the Dutch Consul and taken from him the key of the bank vault, which enabled him to seize 800,000 dollars, destined for Europe as payment of interest on the Confederate bonds. He had issued two most offensive proclamations, the effect of which would probably be to set the poor against the rich and he seems to be excer- cisiug his authority with ferocious tyranny. The people are represented as being in a state of sullen submission. A telegram from New York, dated May 24, says, General Banks officially reports that the Confederates have driven the Federal Colonel Beutley's command from Port Royal, with considerable lo:s of Federals in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The Confederates now probably occupy Port Royal." The West India Mail brings advices from Jamaica to the 9tli of May. A joint stock com- pany has been formed at that island to promote the Í111lnigmtion, from the United States and Canada, of men accustomed to the production of food, to devote themselves to that branch of industry, and the cultivation of minor staples of produce. The operations of tho Jamaica cotton company appear to be going on very satisfactorily. At Demerara (from where the dates aro to the 30th of April), a new education bill has been passed and a board of education established. There lit:d been a long-prevailing drought at Bar- barities, Grenada, nnd some of tho other Islands, which ha I been injurious to the crops.. Advio. from Montreal, dated the 21st ult., irfornv m: tkt "the Canadian ministry Ins rcsitwl, in con equence of being defeated on the military hill." A new cabinet was formed. The Mexican letter Ftate, that tho French troops eutercd Puohh, the capital of the department La Puo1)Ia, and 10 mile3 E. S. E. of Mexico, on the 2nd of May. According to the I ati ie, they were well received by the inhabitants, who sent a deputation to Admiral Juriwi de la Graviere, and illuminated their city in the evening." Gen. Prim, it is stated, was to return to Europe, via New York. The inhabitants of Vera Cruz had, declared for Almonte. The Cape mail has arrived, with letters and napers to the 21st of April. Parliament wMtó (neet on the 24th; and it waexpected that the question of the separation of the eastern provinces would be soon brought forward. It was reported, that the Governor hoped to satisfy the advocates of separation, by holding the Parliament alterna- tely at Graham's Town and Cape Town. The relations with the Border States were satisfactory; great progress was being made in the railways already begun, and more were contemplated; and in British KaiIraria the principle of trial by jury had been adopted. There are advices from New Zealand to about the 20th of April, when Sir George Grey was gradually restoring the Queen's supremacy, and creating a loyal feeling among the natives. The news from Bombay, to the 12th of May, states that the troubles in Afghanistan are ended. Dost Mahomed and the Persian Government had agreed to a compromise with respect to Furrah. Mr. Laing was to leave for England on the 21st. The rebels in China are still prosecuting their brigandage movement, for it is nothing more. A telegram from Shanghai, dated the 21st ult., says that they had been twice defeated with great loss. Mr. Harvey, the English Consul at Ningpo (where 70,000 Chinese have taken refuge from the ravages of the Taepings), describes it as "merely land piracy on an extensive scale. It makes no at- tempt at orderly government; it has had 10 years' trial, and is found to destroy everything and produce nothing." The Taepings are forbidden to marry till the empire is conquered but when a town is taken three days are given to the soldiers to do what they please, and their con- duct then is horrible beyond description.

THE NEW SCHEME FOR THE MANAGE- MENT OF FRIARS SCHOOL, BANGOR. We have at length the satisfaction of congra- tulating our townsmen on the publication of the proposed scheme for the government of Friars School. It has been so long promised, and so often delayed, that expectation had grown weari- some, and we had almost despaired of seeing it with our own eyes, or of ever doing more than bequeath our hopes in it to a generation yet to come. Since its conception among ourselves, it has undergone the nurture of an Inspector, the pat- ronage of a Commission, the criticism of School- masters, the investigation of Lawyers, proverbial for delays, and the jealous revision of a body of Eccle- siastics, which like other heavy bodies move slowly! Who can wonder at time being consumed? Rather let us congratulate ourselves. that so much progress has been made while we have yet facul- ties left us to recognize and welcome the foster child at whose initiatory rites we assisted long ago. In other columns we present our readers with the proposed scheme in extenso, as a public docu- ment of no little interest and importance, and shall therefore content ourselves with slight no- tice of it here. We understand that it will lie for perusal, between the hours of two and four, at the school for 15 days, that a public meeting is likely to be held upon it in the course of next week, that the Charity Commissioners invite friendly com- munications with a view to its improvement, and that all such communications will be well con- sidered before the scheme is made operative, so that there will be abundant opportunity for its discussion, and, if possible, for its improvement. In the progress of the matter thus far, we are not sure that misunderstandings and jealousies have not crept in. From such errors who of us is exempt I Not the keen enquiries of Inspectors, the impartiality of Commissioners, the practical wisdom of Masters, the close scrutiny of Lawyers, or the lofty justice of Governors are any guarantee against such very human frailties. All we can say, and this we think we may say fairly, is that there has been a good deal of honest determination among all parties to do something for the substan- tial and permanent improvement of the school— and honesty, like charity, should cover a multi- tude of sins. With this impression upon us, we commend the document appearing in our other columns to the careful and dispassionate attention of our towns- men. At present we pass no judgement upon it. A fuller consideration than the time has yet af- forded us, may disclose faults or excellencies which at present are not seen, or seen dimly. At any rate, let us not attack it wantonly, or object to it for the sake of objecting, or repudiate it for' not having what we ourselves fancy to be our own distinctive features. So far as it may be mis- chievous, or subversive of the true interests of the town, shew it no mercy or quarter, however cour- teous we may be to its promoters as friends and neighbours. But wherever it displays sound, use- ful, working qualities, let us approve and foster them, heartily and strenuously, from whatever quarter they may be supposed to proceed. The most striking provision, and that upon which the main utility of the scheme is supposed to rest, is that to the Clerical Governors are to be added an equal number of laymen—the entire body to be styled Trustees. The Governors will not lose their distinctive existence, inasmuch as they will make and execute all formal documents, not however without the concurrence of three at least of the lay Trustees but to the united body, clerical and lay, will be entrusted the general management and control of the institution, its officers and revenues. There is no saving clause of the alleged rights of the present masters, but it is understood that the head master at least will not be subject to the provisions of the new scheme so far as they would interfere with his continuance or emoluments. No master in orders is to undertake any daily church service and the internal regulation of the t-chool is to be under the entire management of the head master, who is to appoint the under masters. There are to be half yearly meetings of the Trustees and proper accounts are to be kopt, and examined and passed annually. The head master is to be a graduate of one of the two universities, but it does not appear that he will necessarily be in orders and one or more of tho under masters is to be competent to instruct in the French and Geriniu languages, and iii drawing—mechanical and civil. Monthly reports of the progress and conduct of the pupils are to be forwarded to their parents. Provision is made for a library, for prizes, for scholarships and exhibitions (when the funds will afford them,—but where is the coming man who is to bring about so happy a result i), and for the general discipline of the school. For all these advantages, or supposed advanta- ges, and many others which we have not now time to ennumerate, payment is to be made at such a rate per head, not loss than £6 6s., nor more than £ 12 12s. annually, as tho Trmtees shall deter- mine. This involves an increase 6f £2 2s. at least per head, per annum, and will of course be the subject of much discussion. Good education, like any thing else that isgooll, is scarcely to be lradcheaply, Tho question will be whether, with right mallag"11lent, the school funds can be so far improvect as to ren- der such an increase unneces <ary. If unnecessary no one will cheerfully submit to it. If it can be shewn to be really requisite or useful, but few will be found to oppose it long. After all, Experience may suggest, and Wisdom decree, but who is to administer 1 The old go- verning body is not to be entrusted with these larger powers. New members are to be added to the existing corporation. With them will lie mainly the efficiency or otherwise of the new r.cherne. And who are they to be ? All of us can without much difficulty determine who they tkould be, but as the scheme stands their selection lies with the Governors. We are not disposed at so early a stage to quarrel with anything but it does appear to us a little singular that alleged Supineness should be set to look for Activity, or that Indifference should be supposed the willing parent of Zeal.

FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT. I LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. Yesterday was the London great festival of the Derby Day, and the racecourse appears to have been attended as usual, by vast throngs of the metropolitans,—many of whom would forfeit any thing, do any thing (111 an hon- ourable way) rather than miss the "Derby." I was not at the races, but I spent the evening at a friend's house, at the metropolitan suburb of Claphain, which is on the high road to Epsom; and I never saw such a concourse of people as lined the road, from London to Clapham Common. They were collected to see the company return from the races; and for several hours there was a continual roll of carriages, of all classes and kinds. The scene was most animated and cheerful, the utnjost good humour prevailing. The rush to Epsom did not affect the Exhibition, where more persons attended than on any previous day the numbers being, season tickets, 4,899 payments at the door, 45,686 total, 50,585. The ex-Queen of the French, and the Duke de Nemours were present; so were the young princes Arthur and Leopold, who were accompanied about the building by the Duke of Buck- ingham and Captain Fowke. They appear to have been unrecognised, and therefore obtained a view of the most interesting objects much more easily and quietly than they would otherwise have done. The number of visi- tors has increased every day this week,—Monday being the first shilling-day. On that day, upwards of 22,000 persons paid; on Tuesday more than 30,000 and yes- terday, the numbers I have stated. The attendance is now watched with great interest; as the estimate is, that the number of visitors must average 60,000 a day to enable the Commissioners to defray expenses without drawing on the guarantee fund. Yesterday, another exhibition was opened at Kensing- ton,-in a new building, at the back of The Boilers," as the present Museum buildings are called, and which it will ultimately replace. It is called the" Special Exhibition of Loans of Art Objects" —a curious title. As the Intemational Exhibition" is devoted to modern art, that opened yesterday is confined to the art of the past; and comprises rare porcelain and pottery; furni. ture; metal work of gold, silver, and steel; wood and ivory carvings; lapidary work, glass, enamels, minia- tures, &c.; and a very wonderful collection it is. The Viceroy of Egypt is now in England. He arrived at Dover on Tuesday, and at Woolwich yesterday, where he remained all night, on board the splendid Egyptian steam-yacht, which has been built for him in England. About 20 members of his suite came to London last night; but his Highness's band, 26 in number, remain on board the yacht. To-day the Viceroy will visit the arsenal at Woolwich. Ilis stay in England is expected to exceed two months. He returns home by way of Paris, where part of his suite remain. A letter from Paris, dated Tuesday, says, The return of M. de Lavalette is now beyond doubt. He starts to-night, to resume his duties at the Papal Court." Another letter from the French capital, which appears in the Journal de Ilouen, affirms, that" the instructions to be given to the two representatives of France at the Holy See were summed up, on Sunday, by the Emperor, at a private audience." They ratify, in an absolute man- ner, the maintenance of the policy of the statu quo.—It is expected, that, on Sunday next, there will be 300 bishops and 2000 ecclesiastics assembled at Rome from all parts of the world and that it will be proposed to the bishops to declare, that those only are true Roman Catholics, who wish for the maintenance of the Pope's tepiporal power.—The Italian Chamber of Deputies was engaged, yesterday, with a bill regulating associations, the enlistment of volunteers, and public subscriptions for the purchase of arms and ammunition. In the conree of the day, Gen, Bixio, who appears to have been an fait of the movements of the nm who Ctmte.nplated crossing the frontier of the Tyrol, stated that the Ministry were not aware of that expedition.-A Vienna telegram, dated yesterday, states that news had been received there from Constantinople, of a victory gained on Sunday, near Yenekoi, by Abdi Pasha, over the Momtenegrins, who were commanded by the Prince in person. A despatch from Mexico, dated May 15, and pub. lished in La Patrie, of yesterday evening, states, that the towns of Tepeaea, Cholula, Acalunzo, and Ilascala, had declared themnelves hostile to Juarez's government; and that the movement was spreading.—1The Times publishes a despatch from Cork, announcing the arrival of the Edinburgh, from New York, with intelligence, that the flotilla of Commodore Farragut had advanced to Vicks- burg, 400 miles from New Orleans, to meet Commodore DennUs's flotilla, steaming down, from Island No. 10. The two commodores were still 350 miles apart.—From Calcutta, under date of May 17, it is announced, that the opium crop has failed in Bengal. Mr. Laing esti- mates the loss at 50,000 chests.

¡\'ttt, Unrl'h\¡1e, aud i!Jt(\ttt. INo'ices of Birth*, Marriages, and Deaths, I [¡V; iZ!:i?,t(!1,;r:,u.c/,¡}: ::¡;:t'i:¡!n: | through our acmedited Agents.] b I n T II s. On the 30th ult., at Rhyl, tha wifo of S. Y. H.»pe, E^q March- wicl Uall, nour Wruxhin), of a Dn. On th" ath ult, the wife of Mr. John Hughes, Waterside, Ho:hcaiJ. of a son. On the l'd inst. the wife of C^pf. R. Roberts, of the schooner "Lydia « >Ury," Portm idoc, of a d vi?hUr. gtll u;t., the wife of Mr. Robert J,,n., citb?netm Trei irtdoc, of a son '?nth3Mthutt.?tt)ie?UpnatS?hooinm.M,P.?ti.tduc, f,?. Jones, of daughter. On the Ist i st., the wife of Mr. Kdiranl Evans, Olaslyn Inn, Brynteg, nellr Trem idoc, of no S011. On the lat inst., the wife of Mr. L- Jones, Hanover-street, Liverpool, of a sen. th, chant. Liverpool, of a uoa 11 A 11 IMACES. On the °»id i'lsfc., at the C.t5iie larl, B.vi^r, \-y;-»iiv ur.r. -;r. Thorns Oweu, to jlu.v, daughter of h. un fhc "niinst. at the O.tho'lral, Bangor, by the Rov. D. Evans, vicar, Mr. William Da.'Ies, to Misi Jane Jennings, ta.nor On the 31st ult, at the Pari ill Church, Wrexham, by the Rev. (l L'a¡¡]ifl>, M.A., vioar, Thouvis H. Uiehard3, EiI.J., Ch;,n:U01t \li1a. Hounslow, to Mrs Eliz!JJtl1 Eo StÎ}{\j1, St George 3 bait, London. On the 1st inst., at the Parish Church, Holywell, by the Rev. F. V". Owon, curate, lir. Morris Thomas, to Hiss Joyce [luglwB, botli of Bangor. 0,1 the ?nd inst, at th? Pari.ih Church, Holywell, by tho Rev, E. V. Owen, curate, Mr. Thomas Jones, compositor, "Observer" Ofiice, Holywell, to Miss Walker, daughter of lir. Robert Walker, Ariindel-stroel, Sheffield On tho 2nd inst., at Criecieth Pariah Church, by the lev. John Jones, rector. Mr. Henry !tf)hert3, Lira-pool, (formerly of Llanfr ithen', to Morpvret, ilan^UterntMr. Robert Jones, farmer, Crces Fnwr, in the parish of Llanfrothen. On tho 31st ult. at Salem Chape). Urowniow Till, Liverpool, by the Rev. W. ltees, Mr. Henry Roberts, ParaiiioO-stieet, to Miss Catherine Hughes, Everton. DEATHS. On the (th inst., affed 10 months, Mary Lonisa, daughter of Frederic Aspinwall Howe, K<q., of Bangor. On the 1st inst., deeply lamented by all her friends and ac- quaintances, Mrs Iary Owens, the wife of the late Capt. Hugh owens, of the schooner Belt," Bangor. On the 4th init.. awfully sudden, Mrs Scott, wife of Mr. Wm. Harvey Scott, Plymouth Copse, near Holywell. On the 3rd inst., aed 63. after a long Illness, Air. Richard A. Prichard, ship-builder, Pwllheli. On the 29th ult., after a long illness, aged 28, Peter, son of Mr. John Lloyd, Tynybwlch, Corwen. On the 2nd inst., in her 3rd year, Alice, the beloved daughter of Mr. John M Jones, tanner, Criccieth. Hoff flodeUyn gwyn. teg, oedd-ein Alice, Anwylaf Is nefoedd Er hyny, ei gwely'n goedd yWr gweryd, Hon wnaeth ddiengyd oddiwrth ei hingoedd. Mni i.io IDBIS. On the 1st inst, Mrs. Ann Roberts, a native of a village a few miles from Holywell, and who resided with her daughter at 3, Sai?a?ott? Edge-hill, Liverpool. The deceased was born in?e a;e¡slb:-t\taO¿i te'e;"8e:e b1í and would have attained her 109th year had she lived until August next. As a remarkable circumstance in connection with he, life. her first and only child was not born until she had attained her 51st year, and the old lady retained the entire use of her mental faculties up to the period of her death.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, LONDON.—Among the list of gentlemen who successfully passed the Anatomical and Physiological Examination, on the 4th inst., we find the name of Mr. W. R. Thomas, formerly of the Prince Albert Hotel, Bangor. AVOTIIBCAUIKS HALL, LONDON.—Among the list of gentlemen who passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medicine, and received their certificates to practice, on Thursday, the 29th of May, we find the name of Mr. John Lloyd Jones, surgeon, &c., son of the Rev. David Jones, Treborth, near Baugor. THE PROPOSED A.VOLESEA Ltse of RAILWAY FROM GAERWEN TO AILwCII-We have received authentic in- formation that another party has, through Mr. Dew's untiring exertions, been brought into the field, who are ready to complete this much-desired line of railway on condition that shares to the amount of X20,000 only be taken up. Of this sum we believe from L12,000 to X14,000 has been promised. Surely, the wealthy inha- bitants of Anglesea will not hesitate to make up the deficiency; as, if they lose the present chance, another opportunity, in all probability, will never again present itself. It behoves the directors, also, to second Mr. Dew's efforts, with all diligence. We were gratified to learn that Wm. Bulkeley I: ughes, Henry Pritchard, and E. Richards, Esquires, had doubled the number of shares they had originally takeu; and that the former gen- tleman had consented to take the value of his land through which the line passes, in shares—an example worthy of imitation THE LATE TRANSFER OF PATNONACF, TO SOUTH WALES Bisuops.-The following is a copy of the Hon. Col. Pen- nant's letter upon this subject, alluded to in our last I attended the Deputation to the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners, which consisted of Sir R. Bulkeley, Mr. Chas. Wynne, Mr. Williams Wynne, and myself. The Memo- rial was read by Sir Richard. The reply given wai, that the Order in Council was framed by authority of and in compliance with an Act of Parliament, and that nothing but an Act of Parliament could alter It-which they were not prepared to introduce. They also repre- sented that in the arrangement, they had dealt leniently with North Wales, as they had not gone so far as the Act authorized. I then stated that one of the complaints was, that the matter had been arranged so privately that the parochial clergy had had no opportunity of appeal or remonstrance, and that also a great fear was felt that the matter might be carried further. I pressed for a definite answer on this last point, and succeeded in ob- taining a distinct assurance that the transfer of patronage would not be carried to any greater extent." VALE OF CLWYD RAILWAY.—A Wharncliffe meeting was held at Euston Station, on Thursday, 29th ult., Mr. Bancroft in the chair, for the purpose of taking into con- sideration an act to enable the Company to extend their works to the North shore of the ltiver Chvyd, and to permit a deviation in the line; also giving power to create additional capital to the extent of £10,000, with power to borrow £ 3,000, or one-third of the amount. The chairman having moved a resolution in favour of the bill, Mr. Napier moved an amendment that the bill be rejected, oil the ground that at present there was every facility for traffic on the west bank of the river Clwyd. Theie being no seconder to the amendment, it fell to the ground, and the original motion was agreed to. LIST OF VISITORS AT THE GEORGE HOTEL, BANGQR FERRY.—Mr and Mrs M. Gratrix, Manchester; Mr and Mrs Capes and family, Manchester; Mr and Mrs Veully, Manchester; Mr and Mrs H. M. Banks, Liverpool; Mr and Mrs T. W. Crampton, Highbury, London Mr and Mrs Robt. Cleark, Lidcot, N. America; Mr and Mrs JohnSealy, Dublin; Rev Mr and Mrs Darby, County C'avan, Ireland; Rev Edwin and Mrs Trench, Man- chester Mr aud Mrs T. Birch, Sale, Cheshire; Mrs Flamon and Miss Irwick, Graegeton, Ireland; HeY C, H. and Mrs Spurgeon and friends, London; Captain H. and Mrs O'Connell, Stroud Cottage, Gloucester; Mr and Mrs. Joseph Craven, Ashfield-Thoruton.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE DEAN OF I BANGOR. On Wednesday last, at noon, the remainsjof the above truly estimable gentleman were consif-ed amidst uni- versal manifestations of grief and, onrow, to their last resting place in the old churchyard tallgor, Early on the morning of that day, vuu old Cathedral bell tolled forth in mournful peals the approaching hour of interment. All the shops were closed, and business suspended, until this last solemn act of human kindness had been performed. Emblems of deep and sincere mourning were visible on all hands and in every direc- tion- and although the funeral, strictly speaking, was known to be a private one, few seemed willing to allow the opportunity to pass, without doing honour to the ob. sequies of so good a niall-one who, in his personal and public character, did everything to command the respect of all classes of the community. About 11 o:c]ock the members of the Bangor Sailors' Christian Institute (60 of whom were master mariners), met together, and formed themslvea into "cocession, met together, and formed thema?Ivea mto"$iroceasion, nrevioua to which they were addressed in I), ing man- ner by the Rev. Samuel Roberts. He briefly dwelt upon the principal traits in the character of the late Dean— the vast good he had affected by his unceasing efforts on behalf of popular education, and the 1088 which all cha- ritable institutions in the neighbourhood had sustained by his death. He also referred to a speech of his on the occasion of the Powis Memorial, his long connection with 't the Bible Society as its chairman, his efforts in forming a Branch of the Shipwrecked Mariners Society, and the debt of gratitude which they in particular, ^membera of that Institute, owed to his levered memory. An propriate hymn having been sung, tlity then moved slowly along High-street, headed by the Rev. S. Roberts, Captiiu Hughes, and Captain Jones, and wended their way towards the churchyard, which they afterwards en- tered in the rear of the funeral cortege, through the lower entrance gate to the Palace and Deanery, In the grounds of the latter place, were the children of the In- fant School, and the first and second classes of the N a- tional School, whose fathers (and even grandfathers of some of them) were taught the first elements of educa- tiun, at the Schools the late Dean of Bangor had es- tablished. At 12 o'clock", the funeral procession was formed, and moved in the following order from the Deanery, through the Welsh Church into the Cathedral :— THE cnom Cantoris. Decani. Men. Men. Revs. Canons Vincent and James Williams, liev. J. Purvis, Rev. D. Evans, Kcv. IC. Pughe. Archdeacon .Tones, Archdeacon White, The Lord llishop. FALL B LAIZEIIS: Rev. E. Parry 1:d Rev. Parry Jones. Rev. T. E. Ellis. g Rev. W. C. Totton II. Kennedy, Fvq. Dr. Ri.-hawV lOl:R:;F.RS llev. E. Lewi..I;ev. H. Cotton. F. Lear, Esq., Rev. H. Majendie. J. V. II. Williams, Esq., H. B. Roberts, Esq. Mr. Jl'iiityre, Mr. Ferns. Mr. Foulkes, Mr. John Parry. We are requested to state that the liev. Chancellor Trevor wa* prevented by illness from being present. Th nave and "isld of the Cathedral were soon filled by a great number of the hh:\t,it.a11t¡. without distinc- tion of cried or sect, and am. ngst those present, we no- ticed several clergymen and others, from distant parts of the Diocese. As tho procession entered the sacred edifice, the well-known '• Head March in t- 'ul," was performed with exquisite pubis, and the Burial Service was most impresski.lv rer.d by the flight Rev. the Lord Bishop, assisted by Veil. Archdeacon Jones. A portion of the Psalms appointed to be read on the occasion was chanted by the choir, and an appropriate Anthem sung during the offering. The procession being re-formed, moved, througlr an immense concourse of spectators in the churchyard, to. wards the grave, in which reposed the remains of the Venerable Dean's first wife. The last portion of the beautiful Burial Service of the Church was also said by the Lord Bishop, and Archdeacon Jones, during which the coffin slowly, and at first almost imperceptibly, sank into its resting place—" that bourne from whence no traveller returneth." The choir then sang that solemn Anthem by C'alcott, "I Heard a Voice frnn Heaven," after which, the friends of the deceased retired, and the multitude dispersed. Thus was the Dean of Bangor, whose life was conse- crated to promote the good of others, and whose death was to him a sum gain, buried in the most profound and deserved grief. During his long residence in Wales, he had endeared himself to every heart, and by his know- ledge of the Welsh language, and his careful and un- biased study of the history and antiquity of its litera- ture, he was looked upon as a native, and was what ia vulgarly termed a particular favourite with the masses. All his aims and ends were directed to the advancement of the people among whom he resided, and stem sense of duty regulated his every action. Of the churches he was the means of restoring, and the schools he esta- blished, and almost supported single-handed for some year8-of the benefit societies he encouraged, the reli- gious institutions he nurtured, we need not men- timl-his noble efforts also on behalf of the Carnar- vonshire and Anglesey Infirmary, and the heavy losses sustained by him and his co-tni?t?-,e through misplaced confidence in a SavilJg Bank official -are fact? too well known to most of our readers, to require more than a passing allusion. All tends far to prove that he had no selfish object in aught he did. In his life he fully exem- plified the words of the A postle, "I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." He had always a smile for the youngest ctild, an answer to the readiest tongue, and a lively inter, at in every incident of life, which it seemed beyond the power of age to chill. Were it not that his numerous good deeds were as well, if not better known to our readers than to our- selves, we might suppose the above would only be read and passed by, as men often do some unmeaning pana- gerics, or exaggerated remarks which often appear in the various prints of the day; but we are writing what we know will be echoed in almost every bosom, many of whom have personally experienced his kindness. Few men had formed such warm attachments of so many true and loving friends amongst those who differed from him in minor religious points-if hesaw that a good and laudable object could be accomplished by a combined ac- tion of the forces, as it were, without the forfeiture of priuciple, immediately he stretched out the right hand of fellowship to all. Fewer still contributed so liberally, according to his means, to various cbarities in the neigh. bourhood and elsewhere, which best show, becauserao- tically, the true benevolence of his heart. On Sunday last, an eloquent and impressive funeral discourse was preached on the occasion, by the Rev. Chancellor Trevor, from St. John xi. 11, Our friend sleepeth," which we are glad to see is to be published, by the special request of family. The late Dean was one of the sons of the Very Rer. George Cotton, M.A., Dean of Chester, and of Catherine his wife, daughter of James Tomkinson, Esq., of Dor- field,. near Nantwich. Born at the Deanery, Chester, ia 1780, and receiving his early education in the city, he proceeded in due course to the University of Cambridge, where he took the ordinary degree of Bachelor of Civil Law. He soon after took Holy Orders in his father's cathe- dral of Chester; and prior to 1812, we find him in the honourable position of Precentor of Bangor, over which cathedral the Very Rev. J. Warren, M.A., was then Dean. In 1821, he was nominated to the rectory of Llanllechid, in Carnarvonshire, value S470 per annum, which living he continued to hold until the day of his death. He first married a daughter of the late Dr. &1&. jendie, Bishop of Chester, afterwards translated to Bangor. In 1826, Mr. Cotton married Mary Lawrenu, eldest daughter of Dr. Samuel Fisher, and niece of the then Lord Bishop of Salisbury. On the death of Dean Warren, in 1838, Mr. Precentor Cotton was elevated to the deanery of his Cathedral, where he has ever sinoe continuously resided. On his appointment to the deanery, he was presented by his parishioners with a splendid testimonial, which he with his characteristic disinterestedness, applied for the purpose of a richly stained glass window, which now ornaments the Cathe- dral Church of Bangor. The Chester Courant says :— In .Che.ter, where the late Dann w". well- known, his visits were always looked forward to with great delight, and there are many who will grieve at the thought of seeing his benevolent face no more. It was only recently that he had promised to deliver a lecture before the Chester Archxological Society upon an anti- quarian subject which had lately been occupying his at- to itioix. When last amongst us his interest in everything that was going on was as keen as ever, and notwithstand- ing his great age, there still seemed to be many years of activity and usefulness in store for him. The de- ceased was the uncle of P. S. Humbertson, Esq., the popular and respected member for this city. For many years past he had suffered from an affection of the eyes, which finally deprived him almost entirely of sight. But when this grievous affliction overshadowed him, the Dean set about with redoubled energy, to ac. complish the work that was appointed him to do. With an elasticity of step altogether foreign to one of his ad. vanced years, he might be seen any day and every day for the last quarter of a century moving about the streeta of Bangor on some favourite mission of charity or good- will, administering the consolations appertaining to his sacred ofiice, or dispensing with no niggard hand the overplus of those earthly means, with which God had been pleased to bless him. 4nd now, in the full fruition of his days, having dili- gently and faithfully served his Divine Master for more than half a century, the hoary head has reverently bowed at that Master s call, and the soul of the devoted pastor has returned to the Go that gave it, and to the enjoy- ment of that everlasting peace reserved for justinea made perfect." The conduct and management of the funeral was en- trusted to Mr. John Parry, New London House, Ban- gor, which appears to have given the utmost satisfaction.

The North Wales Chronicle is registered for transmission Abroad. THE NORTH WALES CHRONICLE, AND ADVERTISER FOR THE PRINCIPALITY. Saturday, June 7, 1862. Printed and Published by the Editor and Proprietor, Jonx KENMUIR DOUGLAS, of the parish of Bangor, at his General Printing Office in Castle-street, Bangor. /)